Parochial Church Council Of The Parish Of All Saints, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield
Charity 1127355
Overview
Summary
All Saints, Four Oaks appears to be a parish-based civic and faith institution whose role extends beyond worship into local pastoral, social and community support. Its operating model combines the formal responsibilities of a Church of England parochial church council with a practical community-facing offer: services, grants and access to a church centre or other facilities. The available evidence suggests it may function as a local convenor, linking congregational life with voluntary-sector relationships and support across generations.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Four Oaks
Confidence: high
Direct evidence places the church and its Church Centre in Four Oaks, within Sutton Four Oaks ward. The organisation’s current website and the Centre’s website show regular worship, children’s, family and community activity based at this site. This supports a principally neighbourhood-based operational footprint rather than delivery across multiple Birmingham wards.
- All Saints' Church, Four Oaks — Finding Us
The church identifies its site as being in Four Oaks. - Birmingham City Council — Notice of Poll and Persons Nominated, Sutton Four Oaks Ward
The Council identifies All Saints' Church Centre as a polling station in Sutton Four Oaks Ward. - All Saints' Church Centre — Welcome and Contact Us
The Centre describes itself as a community venue in Four Oaks and provides office hours and venue contact details. - All Saints' Church, Four Oaks — Sunday Services; Little Seedlings; Messy Church; Scouts & Guides
The church advertises regular in-church Sunday worship, a weekly stay-and-play group, monthly Messy Church, and Scout and Guide groups, indicating ongoing service and activity delivery from the Four Oaks base. - Birmingham City Council — All Saint's Church and Centre directory entry
The Council lists the Centre as open on weekdays and identifies regular Little Seedlings, coffee mornings and Food and Friends activity there.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record reports that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but its stated object is to promote the Church's mission in its ecclesiastical parish and the directly evidenced current delivery sites are all in Four Oaks. The Birmingham-wide register field does not, by itself, demonstrate citywide delivery.
- The organisation provides a Sunday service via Zoom as well as in church. This may enable participation beyond Four Oaks, but the evidence does not identify the locations of online participants and does not justify additional Birmingham operational areas.
- The church website links to St James' Church, Hill, and a 2024 Mothers' Union schedule included one meeting at St James Hill, Mere Green. This is insufficient to establish a current, continuing secondary operational site or a material operational reach into Sutton Mere Green.
- The PCC has historically reported ownership or use of additional Four Oaks property, including community buildings, but the available current public evidence does not clearly specify which activities are presently delivered there.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report or programme timetable identifying each active delivery venue, including any activity outside the church-and-centre site.
- Current parish-boundary or pastoral-area information showing whether the ecclesiastical parish extends materially beyond Sutton Four Oaks ward.
- Current information from the PCC or Church Centre confirming whether groups hosted by partner organisations, including Scouts, Guides and Mothers' Union, are PCC-delivered services, independently run users of the venue, or both.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A faith institution with a broader community infrastructure role
The organisation appears to use its ecclesiastical role as a base for practical local support, rather than treating worship as its only function. Its ability to provide facilities and services suggests that its physical and organisational infrastructure may be an important part of its contribution to the parish.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish All Saints from a congregation defined only by religious services. It may be a locally accessible venue and delivery platform through which other community activity can occur.
Show evidence
“Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services.”
Source:Charity Commission“We hope you will find the information you are looking for about our Church, our wide range of activities or our Church Centre.”
Source:Organisation
Potential bridge between pastoral care and the voluntary sector
The organisation may occupy a bridging role: supporting individuals directly while also resourcing other charities or voluntary bodies. This suggests a capacity to connect informal pastoral knowledge with wider local support networks.
Why it matters
If this role is active in practice, All Saints could be a useful relationship point for organisations seeking trusted local connections, referral routes or shared community activity.
Show evidence
“Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission“Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission“The responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, in promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish The Whole Mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumehical.”
Source:Charity Commission
An explicitly inclusive but weakly specified community offer
The charity identifies children and young people, older people and people with disabilities among those it helps, indicating an intention to serve across life stages and access needs. However, the evidence does not show whether these groups shape distinct programmes or are simply included within general parish activity.
Why it matters
This is a potentially important strength, but it also identifies a question for further investigation: whether broad inclusion is matched by targeted capability, participation and accessibility.
Show evidence
“Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities.”
Source:Charity Commission“All Saints aims to be a friendly and accessible Church in which we can grow together in our worship, witness and service.”
Source:Organisation
- Which activities, services or grants are delivered through the Church Centre, and who uses them.
- Whether grants and support are regular, substantial or targeted at particular local needs.
- Which voluntary, ecumenical or public-sector organisations All Saints actively works with.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current programme list, Church Centre timetable and accessibility information.
- Annual reports or accounts showing grant recipients, service activity and community outcomes.
- Evidence of partnerships, referrals and participation by the identified beneficiary groups.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
All Saints, Four Oaks, Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, in promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish The Whole Mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumehical.
Charity objects
Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.